Amazon’s formidable presence in the world of retail stems partly from the fact that it’s just not a commerce giant, it’s also a tech company — building solutions and platforms in-house that make its processes, from figuring out what to sell, to how much to have on hand and how best to distribute it, more efficient and smarter than those of its competition. Now, o...
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Buddy, a Seattle-based company that manages building energy, today announced its intention to acquire LIFX, a smart light maker based in Silicon Valley.
Buddy will pay $51 million in cash and stock to acquire LIFX, according to a press release. LIFX wi...
The first thing I did when visiting Showfields, the new, four-story, self-proclaimed “Most Interesting Store in the World,” in Manhattan was try a new toothbrush.
A sales rep selling electric toothbrush kits for dental care startup Quip donned plastic gloves, squirted paste onto a new brush head and waited patiently as I buzzed the device around in my mouth until its two-minute timer went o...
When Knotel inked a lease in December at Columbia Property Trust’s
The rental insurance startup Jetty has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois, the company announced Wednesday. The investment brings the company’s total funding to more than $40 million.
Jetty focuses on selling what it characterizes as rental insurance to city dwellers, and it’s in 46 states. Jetty also offers to serve as a guarantor on apart...
Recently, I made a big decision and an even bigger life change. I left my career leading teams at Google, most recently as the head of programmatic ad sales in North America, where I oversaw a multi-billion dollar business and a global portfolio. Google is an amazing company and I was proud to spend 8 years there, but I left to join a PropTech startup.
Now I’m leading the business unit as VP ...
Rethinking Real Estate’s Dror Poleg Will Present At The Largest Conference In Commercial Real Estate Tech Sector On The West Coast In 2019
New York, NY (February 6, 2019) — CREtech
In our latest report, Equiem 2018: Year in Review, you will find a summary of our year, including: key results and stats across our business, our top campaigns and building launches, new clients and Equiem-powered buildings and latest tech updates and a sneak peek of what’s coming.
It’s a celebration of what we’ve accomplished together with our clients, partners and communities a...
For the first time, New York City has surpassed San Francisco to grab the No. 1 spot in the Savills Tech Cities index.
The city pulled ahead on the triennial ranking because of the availability of venture capital and its deep talent pool, Bloomberg reported.
“New York can keep generating its own talent and, I think more importantly, recruiting it from around the world,” Paul Tovstein, th...
Fundraising has always been, and will remain one of the most challenging elements of building a startup for a first time entrepreneur. We have already